Fluorometric Detection of Lectin with Water-Soluble Hyperbranched Conjugated Polymer Using Mannose Mediation

Abstract

A water-soluble hyperbranched polymer containing boronic acid groups at the ends of the polymer, which are capable of binding to diol-containing mannose, was syntheized. The hyperbranched polymer was prepared by a palladium-catalyzed Suzuki cross-coupling reaction using the tribromo monomer for the hyperbranched type structure. The water-soluble hyperbranched polymer (HP) exhibited enhanced fluorescence intensity upon exposure to lectin in the presence of mannose compared to other proteins, such as lysozyme and cytochrome c, because mannose plays a key role in binding both lectin and HP resulting in selective sensing toward lectin.